Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
Hey can a LCD HD44780 that is 4x20 work within MacOS X like it can with a wintel based system? I know since a mac doesn't have a paralle port and uses USB I have found guides on wiring a HD44780 for USB use. Just don't know if it can work in MacOS X.
Im curious as to what you are talking about. Is it one of those specialized lcds? Anything is possible is you have the know how, but the real question is- is it worth the trouble? -maestro
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
On a few of my PCs I use this LCD for showing off my playlist in Winamp, system temp, system specs and for just maingit scroll random text. Since i'm going with a blue theme on my sawtooth I thought I would add one of theses LCDs to make the system feel more pleasing and to add more blue lighting via the blacklight that shows a blue background and white text.
Yeah, they are pretty cool. I have them working with growl to give all sorts of notifications like the current iTunes song, etc.. I am currently working on integrating one in my 5.25 inch external harddrive case (I have all laptops). I will post some pics when I am done. Anyway, if you have one with an rs232 serial board already on it, you can use a usb serial adapter and then send data to the corresponding /dev file.
Did you get this to work with a Mac? If so, please post a mod guide. I havent seen any of these type of lcds used on a mac before. Ive also heard that some are hard to program on PCs too. -maestro
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